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Adjoint Bernoulli’s Polynomials Coupling Gamma Functions and their Approximations
* Corresponding author: E-mail address: mohdaymanm@gmail.com, ayman.mursaleen@osu.cz (M. Ayman-Mursaleen)
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Abstract
This paper introduces a novel relationship between adjoint Bernoulli polynomials and the gamma function, leading to the formation of a new class of linear positive operators denoted by . An in-depth investigation into the convergence behavior exhibited by this sequence of operators is carried out in a variety of function spaces. We obtain conclusions that pertain to approximation, which include explicit estimations of the order and rate of convergence, by utilizing Korovkin’s theorem, Voronovskaja-type asymptotic formulas, the modulus of continuity, and Peetre’s K-functional. The research expands to include a bivariate generalization of these operators, in which a comprehensive investigation of their uniform approximation features and convergence order in a variety of spaces is conducted.
Keywords
Bernoulli polynomials
Gamma function
Modulus of smoothness
Order of approximation
Rate of convergence
Voronovskaja-theorem
Mathematics Subject Classification 2020
Primary 41A10, 41A25
Secondary 41A28, 41A35, 41A36
1. Introduction
Approximation theory serves as a fundamental pillar across numerous disciplines, offering a powerful framework for transforming intricate functions into simpler, more manageable forms. Its applications span mathematics, engineering, computational science, data analysis, and computer graphics. Within the realm of numerical analysis, approximation theory provides the foundational principles for developing efficient algorithms to solve complex mathematical problems. Its applications in applied mathematics are particularly significant in control theory, where the analysis of parametric curves and surfaces via control points and nets is essential for the design of control systems in diverse engineering contexts (Khan and Lobiyal, 2017; Khan et al., 2019). By enabling the simplification of complex curves and surfaces into fundamental mathematical forms, this theory also plays a crucial role in enhancing techniques for image rendering and symbolic computation. Furthermore, its broad utility has generated significant interest in fields such as medical science and other related disciplines.
The origins of “approximation theory can be traced back to 1715 when the English mathematician Taylor introduced the Taylor series, a summation of differentiable functions, to approximate diverse function classes. However, Taylor’s methodology was limited to finitely or infinitely differentiable functions. To overcome this limitation, The Weierstrass approximation theorem was introduced by Weierstrass (1985) in 1885. According to this theorem, it is possible to estimate any continuous function that can be defined on a closed interval with polynomial functions and with a precision that is uniform and as accurate as is needed. This groundbreaking theorem laid the foundation for numerous branches within approximation theory, such as numerical analysis, operator theory, and wavelet analysis. Despite its significance, the theorem’s initial proof was complex. Bernstein (1913) simplified” the proof using the binomial probability distribution:
where . Bernstein established that holds for every bounded function on [0,1], with indicating uniform convergence.
Over recent decades, numerous modifications of the operators in Eq. (1) have been developed to enhance their approximation properties. These refinements have been studied across bounded and unbounded intervals within various functional spaces (Savas and Patterson, 2004; Ansari and Özger, 2024; Aslan, 2025; Sava and Mursaleen, 2023; Alamer and Nasiruzzaman, 2025; Özger et al., 2025; Mohiuddine et al., 2024).
1.1. Polynomial classes and Appell polynomials
The exploration of “special functions within approximation theory remains an active area of research. Appell (1880) introduced the Appell polynomial sequence , characterized by the generating function:
where is an analytic function with and . Natalini et al. (2019) introduced Appell-Bernoulli polynomials by selecting in Eq. (2). The associated adjoint Bernoulli polynomials, denoted , are defined by the generating function”:
and are strictly positive on .
1.2. Proposed operators and properties
Building on this body of literature, we propose a novel sequence of positive linear operators based on adjoint Bernoulli polynomials and the gamma function:
where , , and Preliminary results are established to investigate the approximation properties of .
Lemma 1.1 (Yilmaz 2023) For and the “generating function introduced in Eq. (3), one has
Lemma 1.2 Let , . Then,
Proof. In order to prove Lemma (1.2), we recall the operators in” Eq. (4) as:
For , we have
For ,
Clubbing Eq. (5) and Eq. (6), we yield
Due to the fact that Lemma (1.1) is applicable, it follows that
For ,
Clubbing Eq. (5) and Eq. (7), we yield
Due to the fact that Lemma (1.1) is applicable, it follows that
Similarly, rest part of this Lemma can be proved very easily.
Lemma 1.3 Let be the “central moments for . Then, for the operators’ sequence (given by Eq. (4)), we have the following equalities:
Proof. In view of operators defined in Eq. (4) and linearity property, we get
Hence, Lemma (1.3) is” proved.
Remark 1.1 The operators that were introduced in Eq. (4) are linear, which means that they are linear for any possible value of and , we have
Remark 1.2 The introduced operators Eq. (4) are positive, that is, for .
We investigate the “approximation characteristics of the operator sequence that is specified in Eq. (4). The organization of the manuscript is as follows: We begin by demonstrating that our findings are consistent with both the theorems of uniform convergence and direct approximation. Following that, we will look into weighted approximation and give a bivariate generalization of the operators. For every single case, we determine the related order of convergence as well” as the rate of approximation across a number of functional spaces. This allows us to demonstrate that the operators’s sequence in question have superior approximation behavior.
2. Uniform rate of convergence and order of approximation
Definition 2.1 (Devore and Lorentz, 1993) For , we have:
and
where is the modulus of continuity (Aslan, 2025; Mansoori et al., 2025).
Theorem 2.1 Let be given in Eq. (4), a sequence of operators and for . Then, converges uniformly on closed interval , where .
Proof. It is adequate to prove (using Korovkin theorem (Altomare and Campiti, 1994)) that
uniformly on each closed and bounded subset of Using Lemma (1.2), we arrive at the desired result immediately.
Next result is the study of order of approximation of Eq. (4) in terms of modulus of continuity in Eq. (8) as:
Theorem 2.2 Let . Then, the operators’ sequence in Eq. (4), one has
where .
Proof. With the aid of definition of Eq. (4), we get
In view of Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, one has
On taking , we yield
Hence, Theorem (2.2) is proved.
After that, we demonstrate that the provided operators satisfy a theorem of the Voronovskaja type (Özger et al., 2025; Ayman-Mursaleen et al., 2022) in Eq. (4), which provides an asymptotic expansion for twice continuously differentiable functions as:
Theorem 2.3 For coverges as and , we receive
Proof. We have to recall the Taylor series expansion
where is denotes the Peano remainder with such that . Operating the operators defined by Eq. (4) in the Eq. (10)
Taking limit on both sides in the above expression Eq. (11), we get
Taking into account the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, the final term evolves into
From Eqs. (12), (13), Lemma (1.3) and , we have
Which proves the desired result.
3. Direct results
Let us define “, the space of bounded and continuous functions, and Peetre’s -functional is represented in the following way:
where with the norm and Ditzian-Totik modulus of smoothness of second order is given by
In account of DeVore and Lorentz (Devore and Lorentz, 1993) (see page no. 177, Theorem 2.4) as:
where represent a absolute constant. Further, proving the local approximation theorems, we consider auxiliary operators as follows:
where . Now by using the Eq. (15), one has
Lemma 3.1 Let the operators defined” in Eq. (4) and , . Then, we have
where .
Proof. For Taylor’s expansion and , one has
By applying the “operators that are designated by and are provided in Eq. (15) to both sides of the equation that is provided in Eq. (17), we obtain:
Combining the Eq. (16) and Eq. (17), we have
Since,
then”
Considering Eqs. (18), (19) and (20) altogether, we get
We have therefore reached the desired outcome.
Theorem 3.1 Taking into consideration that “is present as well as the operators listed in Eq. (4), we are able to establish that
where and is given in Lemma (3.1).
Proof. For and , and on account of given by Eq. (4), one has
In view of inequalities in Eq. (16) and Lemma 3.1, one has”
Using Eq. (14), we yield the desired result.
Now, Lipschitz type space (Mansoori et al., 2025; Özarslan and Aktu lu, 2013; Cai et al., 2023), which is
where , and .
Theorem 3.2 Let be the operator introduced in Eq. (4). Then, for any , we have
where the parameters satisfy and and .
Proof. For and , one yield
Since , for , we yield
his confirms the validity” of Theorem 3.2 for the case . To extend this result to the remaining parameter range , we apply Hölder’s inequality with the conjugate exponents and , yielding
Since , for , one get
Hence, Theorem 3.2 is proved.
We employ Lenze’s (Lenze 1988) Lipschitz-type maximal function to determine the -th order modulus of continuity, which is used for local approximation analysis:”
In the subsequent step, we investigate the approximation result (locally) in the of the order modulus of continuity. The Lipschitz-type maximum function that Lenze (Lenze 1988) provided in his 2015 work is as follows:
Theorem 3.3 For and , , one has
Proof. It is found that
In view of Eq. (23), one has
Then, in account of Hölder’s inequality with and , we have
Hence, we prove “the desired result.
4. Bivariate Száz–Gamma-type operators constructed from adjoint Bernoulli polynomials
“This section leverages Adjoint Bernoulli Polynomials to construct and analyze the bivariate Száz-Gamma type operators, which were first presented in Eq. (4). Several researchers have recently investigated multivariate generalizations of various operators (Rao et al., 2025, 2025a,b). Let and is set of functions which are continuous on with norm
Then, for all and . Next, new (bivariant) version of given by Eq. (4) is as follows:
where and are defined in Eq. (4). Our analysis of the convergence rate and approximation order relies on several key results, which we now present:
In the two-dimensional setting, we define the test functions as” and , for are the test functions and central moments for the bivariate operators respectively.
Lemma 4.1 Let and given by Eq. (24) and the test functions . Then, one has
Proof. In order to provide evidence that the lemma mentioned above is true, we must take into account the definition of positive linear operators as well as Lemma (1.2):
In view of Lemma (1.2) and above equalities, we can prove the results of Lemma (4.1).
Lemma 4.2 Let for . Then, one “has:
Proof. It is elementary “to prove the necessary outcome given the linearity property and Lemma (4.1).
Definition 4.1 Let and Then, for . Following this, the concept of the total modulus of continuity is as follows:: on the condition that and characterized by
is it the case that the entire modulus of continuity is in correspondence with .
Now we discuss convergence rate,for this we recall the following result given by the Volkov (Volkov, 1957):
Theorem 4.1 Let be the compact interval of the real line and be linear positive operators. If
and
uniformly on , then the sequence converges to uniformly on for any .
Theorem 4.2 Let be the functions (test) restricted on . If
and
uniformly on , then”
uniformly for .
Proof. In account of Lemma (4.1) and for
For , , we get
Similarly
and in the light Lemma (4.1), we get
In view of “Theorem (4.1), Theorem (4.2) is easily proved.
Lastly, we provide the approximation order of the operators given by Eq. (24) as:
Theorem 4.3 (Stancu, 1984) Let be a linear positive operator. Then, for any , any and any , the following results
holds.
Theorem 4.4: Let and , and . Then, we have
where and .
Proof. From Theorem (4.3),” we have
Selecting and , we arrive at the required result.
5. Numerical Validation
We evaluate the convergence of the sequence of operators for at and . The absolute error is computed for increasing . The results are summarized in Table 1.
| r | Absolute error |
| 10 | |
| 20 | |
| 30 | |
| 40 |
The table demonstrates that the error decreases as r increases, confirming the convergence of sequence of operators to the function f(y).
The function and its approximations for and are plotted over [0,1]. Fig. 1 shows the exact function (solid line) and the operator approximations for (dashed line) and (dotted line).

- Approximation of using for , .
The graph illustrates that the approximation improves as r increases, with providing a closer fit to f(y) than .
6. Conclusions
In this study, the author demonstrates for the first time that there is a relationship between the gamma function and adjoint Bernoulli polynomials, which then leads to the creation of a new family of linear positive operators . Utilizing fundamental approximation-theoretic tools such as Korovkin’s theorem, Voronovskaja-type asymptotic expansions, first and second order moduli of continuity, Peetre’s K-functional, and Lipschitz-type conditions, we conduct a comprehensive analysis of the convergence properties of these operator sequences across various function spaces. The investigation is expanded further to include a bivariate generalization of these operators, with particular focus being placed on their uniform approximation capabilities as well as their convergence rates across a wide range of functional situations. The principal advantages of the proposed operators over conventional linear positive operators are that in establishing a novel bridge between operator theory and the analytic theory of special functions (Ayman-Mursaleen et al., 2022, Ayman-Mursaleen, 2025a, Ayman-Mursaleen, et al. 2025), enabling new methodological approaches in approximation theory. Additionally, Demonstrating particular efficacy for investigating approximation properties in Lebesgue spaces (Sava and Mursaleen, 2023; Ayman Mursaleen, 2025b; Ayman-Mursaleen, et al. 2025), offering enhanced flexibility and precision in functional approximation.
Acknowledgments
This article has been produced with the financial support of the European Union under the REFRESH – Research Excellence For Region Sustainability and High-tech Industries project number CZ via the Operational Programme Just Transition.
CRediT authorship contribution statement
Nadeem Rao: Formal analysis, investigation, writing – original draft. Adil Jhangeer: Project administration, resources, supervision, acquired funding. Mohammad Ayman-Mursaleen: Conceptualization, writing – original draft, writing – review and editing. Ravi Kumar: Formal analysis, validation, writing – review and editing.
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